Mike Honda

Mike Honda (27 June 1941-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-CA 15) from 3 January 2001 to 3 January 2013 (succeeding Tom Campbell and preceding Eric Swalwell) and from CA 17 from 3 January 2013 to 3 January 2017 (succeeding Sam Farr and preceding Ro Khanna).

Biography
Mike Honda was born in Walnut Grove, California in 1941, and his family, which was of Japanese descent, was interned during World War II. In 1953, the family became strawberry sharecroppers in San Jose, and Honda went on to serve in the Peace Corps in El Salvador before working as a science teacher for 30 years. In 2000, he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Democrat, serving from 2001 to 2017. He was a longtime supporter of organized labor, civil rights (especially those of Muslims), and gay rights during his House terms.